--- Bradley Dorner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please, don't recommend Vonage to anyone. I was with > them for about a year and a half and they were little > more then a problem the whole time. They will also > lock you into THEIR hardware. And if that hardware > conflicts with your hardware, like it did with mine, > you are left out in the dark holding the bill. Their > voice quality was also less then stellar. Interesting. I have had no problem with the service nor hardware. The Linksys VOIP box plugs into my network, I configured it to get its DHCP from my cisco 678 and it worked. Been going on some 8 months now. thanks for an opposing view The only other internet source here is Comcast and you have to take cable which I don't want. doug t > > After the hardware conflicts that I had with their > hardware I had to forward to my ArrivalTel number. It > then took Vonage a month to tell me that what they > said I could do was really not possible. I had called > them to make sure that the changes to my network would > still work with their hardware. They first told me > that it would, then after all of the changes were > made, they told me it would not work. BTW, they also > billed me for all of the time it took for them to tell > me that it wouldn't work, a full 2 months of service > of which I had not phone service with them because of > hardware conflicts. > > Go with ArrivalTel. They are cheaper, hardware > freindly, better voice quality, and much better for > customer service. > > Brad > > --- Doug Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > --- Matthew Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Been considering voip. I need to sit down and > > figure out how much (if > > > any) > > > I would save by switching to a naked DSL circuit, > > and getting Voip. > > > > Last year I quit Qwest for phone service entirely. > > > > But I do use them for DSL with Xmission has my ISP. > > > > I use Vonage with the 400 min/month for $17.99, > > including taxes > > Qwest runs me $43/month (this month they finally > > dropped the Fed Phone > > tax - so I was paying $47.xx), Xmission runs $19/mon > > > > so my total is: $18 + $43 + $19 = $80/month > > > > DSL tests (netpipe) out at 7Mbit down/950Kbit up > > running between my > > linux box and the xmission linux box (which is a 600 > > Mhz PIII). > > > > Local and long distance, and I am well below 400 > > mins/month > > > > I live in Heber City, 4 blocks from the CO > > > > doug t > > > > > > > > My main complaint with Qwest is the service, > > although the cost isn't > > > great > > > either. > > > > > > Again. Thanks for the input. I'm being cautious > > about the switch, > > > because > > > I do run a small server with a couple hosted > > customers from home, and > > > I > > > want to make sure I don't burn them. > > > > > > Matthew > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
